I've got two farms I keep cattle at, about 3.5 hrs apart. I was busy one year and couldn't make it up to the one place to cut calves so hired the vet to do it. That year we had one do exactly as you're discribing. I treated that sucker every other day for weeks. He looked like crap and lost...
Maybe you're asking too much for them. Personally, I am ok with selling some calves below what I think they're worth sometimes. Obviously you can't make a habit of it, but when people get a "good deal" and the cattle work for them they come back, and they tell their friends. Establishing a...
why on earth would anyone consider implanting breeding heifers if there's even a hint it might decrease their lifetime fertility? To save a couple bucks on development costs?!
Update: I bought a Hesston 540. It is in mint condition (less than 1000 bales through it) and was on a New Holland lot so they wanted to get rid of it pretty badly. Cost $3500 (basically the cost of two years worth of custom work). I made 115 bales with it this year and for the money I'm very...
http://www.naab-css.org/db/studcode.html
here's a good reference for anyone trying to look up code numbers. The numbers before the breed code represent the stud code. Ex-1-Genex, 14- Accelerated, 29-ABS, etc.
By the way, 1SP5 is Creole and I think that has some $ value.
We routinely put CIDRs in cows when we put embryos in and pull them two weeks later. If the cow has a subpar CL it helps elevate her progesterone levels and increase the likelihood of her maintaining the pregnancy. I know some ET guys say there's no need to do it, but it seems to work here...
Absolutely they can come in from days 7-13. The Select Synch + CIDR & TAI protocol goes out to day 10 (72 hrs post prostaglandin) because at that point you give GnRH and time breed. It's a hybrid protocol that involves heat detection and a cleanup time breeding on non-responders. Works well. ...